27: I'll Protect You From Now On
After Wu Changlin left their home, Gu Yu finally felt relieved.
Previously, Gu Yu had been worried that Gu Mengyao would be reluctant to give up hunting, willing to continue selling prey at a loss just to maintain a good relationship with Wu Changlin so they could hunt together in the future.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yu had misjudged the situation.
The current situation was clearly the opposite—why else would Wu Changlin’s face have changed so dramatically when Gu Mengyao said they wouldn’t hunt together anymore?
Perhaps his wife possessed some extraordinary skill, like being able to smash a wild boar to death in one go…
When transporting the wild boar to town, Gu Yu had idly examined the cause of death. After all, he had nearly been killed by a wild boar at noon, and now having a dead wild boar carcass before him made Gu Yu extremely curious.
Such a fierce and formidable wild boar, yet now dead!
Moreover, he didn’t know how Gu Mengyao, with her slight frame, had managed to kill the wild boar.
The result… after discovering the wild boar’s fatal wound, Gu Yu became confused.
The reason was simple—this wild boar had literally been smashed to death!
Although he didn’t know whether the several-hundred-jin wild boar had been lifted and smashed to death or killed through some strategy, its miserable smashed state had made Gu Yu’s mouth twitch involuntarily at the time.
A little girl smashing a huge wild boar to death—even if he told others, no one would believe it!
So now, seeing Wu Changlin’s reaction, Gu Yu strongly suspected… was Gu Mengyao a super-strong loli who could smash wild boars to death? Otherwise, why would Wu Changlin be so reluctant to stop hunting with her?
“Ah Yu, are you all right?”
“?”
“If Wu Changlin gives you trouble in the future, I’ll step in and teach him a lesson.”
Just as Gu Yu was contemplating what made his wife special, Gu Mengyao, who had been sitting on the stool, spoke up, bringing Gu Yu’s thoughts back to the present.
Looking at Gu Mengyao’s serious expression, which clearly conveyed “I’ll protect you from now on,” Gu Yu couldn’t help but feel both amused and helpless.
Sigh, there was no use in thinking too much about it. Better to focus on living their daily lives first.
Gu Mengyao’s recent declaration made Gu Yu feel very warm and comfortable inside.
He knew his young wife still listened to him. Though she might be a bit stubborn at home, she gave him face in front of others.
So Gu Yu now smiled and held Gu Mengyao’s hand. After her cheeks flushed red, Gu Yu satisfactorily released her hand, then placed forty-four taels of silver on the table.
Instantly, both Gu Mengyao and Gu Qingheng’s eyes widened. Having never seen so much money before, they felt as if they were dreaming. Gu Qingheng even raised his hand to rub his eyes, uncertain if it was real.
Although Gu Yu hadn’t wanted his brother-in-law to see the silver, these silver taels would eventually be exposed, so it was better to let him know now.
Just seeing how he had defended Gu Mengyao earlier, Gu Yu felt that although Gu Qingheng was young, his character was indeed good.
It was also due to Gu Mengyao’s good upbringing that this eight-year-old kid was so sensible and obedient.
Love for one extended to love for all associated with them, making Gu Qingheng seem particularly agreeable to Gu Yu today.
Gu Yu planned to build a house later, and these silver taels couldn’t always be hidden away. He needed a legitimate reason to bring them out.
When Gu Yu had just earned the money, he had been pondering what method to use to bring out the silver openly.
After all, their family had always appeared destitute. Suddenly producing a large sum of silver to build a house would be too conspicuous.
Before Gu Yu could come up with a solution, Gu Mengyao had gotten into trouble! Although Gu Mengyao’s injury made Gu Yu very unhappy, the sale of the hunted wild boar provided a reason to bring out the silver.
For these silver taels, Gu Mengyao had even been injured, so Gu Yu decided to build a house with blue bricks and tiles this time.
Mud-brick houses were too inferior. If they were going to build, they would build the best!